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My favorite example of this was a student. First day of class, we are doing
the student intros (Intro to Tech writing). This lovely, attractive woman in
the back of the room introduces herself as the Admin Assistant at her
workplace. The employer sent her to the class so she can learn how to write
the company user manuals.
"They think that I can do that because I recently had an article published
in Cosmo," she said, laughter filling her face.
I fell apart with laughter too, as did the rest of the class. When I
recovered, I said, "It does seem the next logical step, doesn't it..."
-----Original Message-----
From: bounce-techwr-l-71429 -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com
[mailto:bounce-techwr-l-71429 -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com]On Behalf Of Paul DuBois
Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2003 1:50 PM
To: TECHWR-L
Cc: TECHWR-L
Subject: Re: Subject Matter Expertise-YES!
> Note that I'm writing from the standpoint of an employee, not a contractor
> - meaning I already took the job, and got a curve thrown at me sometime
> after starting in that position. I'm not talking about trying to pick up a
> quick contract writing about nuclear reactors armed only with my knowledge
> of Homer Simpson cartoons. I'm talking about being asked to change hats
> unexpectedly, or at least add hats to my wardrobe. It's happened in every
> tech writing job I've had. Is it just me?
It's not just you.
Seems that people assume that if you can write, you can write about
stuff other than what you know best.
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